The pressure that social media is putting on us as the 'kawaida mwananchi' is immense. Trying to be something you are not is taking the day each day. If you and I are not well informed, we might fall in the trap of hating and undermining ourselves without knowing most people are living a lie out her. Well, Risper Faith who is a Kenya celebrity has been accused and is currently on the spotlight for photo-shopping her facial structure on a photo of the US based curvy digital content creator who goes by the name Ms. Kristine. In the year 2016, Kristine uploaded a perectly shot picture of herself in a black skirt and top that was neatly tucked into the skirt. To add some spice, the whole outfit was groomed by a shade of green coat which perfectly perfected the look. Risper, however took the exact picture, did some editing including darkening the black skirt and top and literally photo-shopped her face into the Kristine's picture retaining all her jewelry! This could not go un...
Have you seen such an ornament before? Mmh yeah! Maybe after watching Black Panther! Otherwise, if you had an idea whether such beauty ornament existed then, you are a true legend! Anyway, this ornament is called a lip plate, or if you like, a lip plug or good enough you can refer to it as a lip disc.
To the West of Omo Valley, Ethiopia, is the Suri Tribe, which is one of the African Communities known for the use of lip plugs. For the queens who get to puberty- from 12 years- they have two of their two lower teeth removed and lower lip sliced and stretched long enough to fit the lip plug which can up to 16 inches!
The larger the lip plug, the more power the girl's father has to demand for more cows in dowry when his daughter gets married. This implies that the disc size is of paramount importance both socially and economically in a tribe setup.To allow the insertion of larger lip plug, up to four teeth can be removed.
Women and girls often decorate themselves with white clay patterns on their faces and flowers on their heads.The scar which is left after the removal of lip plug is said to be attractive and beautiful.
That's the Suri tribeswomen for you!
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